Obama's wariness about the Keystone pipeline suggests he subscribes to the stupendously weird theory that if the pipeline is not built to carry oil from the development of Canadian oil sands, Canada will leave those sands undeveloped rather than sell the oil to China.

MIAMI — Hurricane Rina weakened to a category one storm Wednesday as it churned toward Cancun and other international tourist resorts on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, US forecasters said. While Mexican authorities began evacuations as the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula braced for a direct hit, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Rina had “significantly weakened,” […]